Central Railways restarted the operation of several trains on multiple routes in Maharashtra

Central Railways (CR) in a press release, announced to restore services of several trains in order to tackle the extra rush of passengers. Moreover, CR has extended the run of train No.09739/40 Weekly Summer Special Trains already running between Sainagar Shirdi and Dahar ka Balaji.

As per the notice, Pune-Bhusaval and Solapur-Gadag daily express trains are among the restored trained. Passengers are advised to follow COVID-19 appropriate behaviour for their and others’ safety. Read on to know more about the train schedule:

Train No. 11025/26 running daily on the Pune-Bhusaval-Pune route will be restored from 10th July. As per the reports, the train will pass through 1 extra station which is Kajgaon.

Train schedule:

• Train no. 11026 Pune-Bhusaval Express: It will leave Pune at 11:40 hrs and arrive at Bhusaval at 22:00 hrs the same day.

• Train no. 11025 Bhusaval-Pune Express: It will leave Bhusaval at 00.35 hrs and arrive in Pune at 12:05 hrs the same day.

Train No. 11305/06 running daily on the Solapur-Gadag-Solapur route will restart its commute from 15th July. As per the rail division's notice, the train will pass through 5 more stations which include Aherwadi, Kyatanakeri Road, Angadgeri Halt, Kadlimatti and Kalgurki Halt.

Train schedule:

• Train no. 11305 Solapur-Gadag Express: It will leave Solapur at 11.50 hrs and arrive in Gadag at 16.55 hrs the same day.

• Train no. 11306 Gadag-Solapur Express: It will leave Gadag at 01.30 hrs and arrive in Solapur at 10.15 hrs the same day.

In addition to other major services being restored, the Central Railways also announced to restore the MEMU special services on the Diva-Pen-Diva section for 5 days a week (Monday to Friday) with effect from July 5, 2022.

Their timings are given below:

• Train no. 01359 Diva-Pen: It will leave Diva at 09.40 hrs and will arrive in Pen at 11.15 hrs

• Train no. 01360 Pen-Diva: It will leave Pen at 06.45 hrs and will arrive in Diva at 08.30 hrs

• Train no. 01361 Diva-Pen: It will leave Diva at 19.50 hrs and will arrive in Pen at 21.20 hrs

• Train no. 01362 Pen-Diva: It will leave Pen at 18.05 hrs and will arrive in Diva at 19.40 hrs

For detailed timings and halts of these special trains please visit the Indian Rail enquiry or download NTES App.

Bookings for trains No.11026/11025 and 11305 opened on June 29, 2022, at all computerised reservation centres and on the official IRCTC website.